UPDATE: Hezbollah has taken credit for the IED explosion. The IDF lists Hezbollah’s attacks on the border in recent months going back to March. Report: Concerns mount that Hezbollah, Lebanese army could cooperate against Israel: http://t.co/72WPyeDXIS — The Israel Project (@israelproject) October 7, 2014 Two Israeli soldiers were injured today...

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Up to 40 early-stage drug-development companies will be incubated over the next eight years at Israel’s latest biotechnology accelerator, FutuRx, an all-star enterprise backed by OrbiMed Israel Partners, Johnson & Johnson and Takeda Ventures with the Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) in Israel’s Ministry of Economy. The 1,200-square-meter facility...

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Mike Kelly, a reporter at The Bergen Record, wrote yesterday an extended report about the consequences of the deaths of Sarah Duker and Matthew Eisenfield in a 1996 terror attack. The families of the couple pursued lawsuits against Iran as a “last resort” to achieve some measure of justice for their...

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The Israel-based NGO B’Tselem acknowledged yesterday on its Facebook page that one of its researchers is a Holocaust denier. After initially accepting the word of the researcher, Atef Abu Roub, that the Holocaust denying statements recorded in a video were not made by him, but a third person off screen,...

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Israel’s Minister of Foreign Affairs announced today that Israel is increasing its participation in the fight against the deadly Ebola virus sweeping western Africa. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has authorized MASHAV, Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation, to send three mobile emergency clinics to areas in western Africa where...

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On Friday, Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill) released a statement condemning last week’s “New Horizon” conference in Tehran, which was attended by Western anti-Israel activists, conspiracy theorists and 9/11 “truthers.” According to its itinerary,  the conference included sessions titled, “The Gaza War & BDS Movement Strategies against the Zionist Regime,” “The Israeli...

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Continuing his contentious approach towards Israel, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas threatened Tuesday that he would stop his security cooperation with Israel in the case that his proposed United Nations Security Council resolution against Israel is vetoed. The Jerusalem Post reports: Abbas said he would submit the plan, mandating an Israeli withdrawal...

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A 27-year-old Israeli social entrepreneur has been named a ‘Next Generation Leader‘ by Time magazine for her role in building communities of kindness. Adi Altschuler, the Israel manager of Google for Education, is one of six young people from around the world to be so honored by the magazine. “It is...

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A White House meeting on Wednesday between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saw the two leaders emphasizing mutual cooperation across a range of issues, with Netanyahu also outlining how new regional realities have aligned Jerusalem with traditional U.S. allies long considered hostile to the Jewish state....

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Blogger “Elder of Ziyon” noted in a post today that controversial law professor William Schabas, who has been chosen to head a commission investigating Israel’s conduct during Operation Protective Edge by United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), participated in the Russell Tribunal after a man he greatly respected, Judge Richard Goldstone, described the...

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